BEST LGBTQ+ MOVIE OF ALL TIME

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--LGBTQ movies have had a huge few year. Carol received six Oscar nods in 2016, and Moonlight became the first LGBTQ+-themed film to win Best Picture the following year. Olivia Colman won the Best Actress Oscar at the 2019 Oscars for her portrayal of The Favourite's lesbian queen Anne, defeating Melissa McCarthy, who portrayed lesbian writer Lee Israel in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Pain and Glory by Pedro Almadóvar and Portrait of a Lady on Fire, a romance that has received some of the best reviews in recent memory, both made an impact on the awards scene in 2020. Love, Simon, on the other hand, made history in 2018 as the first widely distributed, mainstream adolescent rom com to center on a gay character.


All of these films stand on the shoulders of other LGBTQ+ films that have come before. Our list of the 200 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time stretches back 90 years to the pioneering German film, Mädchen in Uniform, which was subsequently banned by the Nazis, and crosses multiple continents, cultures, and genres. There are broad American comedies (The Birdcage), artful Korean crime dramas (The Handmaiden), groundbreaking indies (Tangerine), and landmark documentaries (Paris Is Burning). In our latest thorough update to the list, we added titles like the documentary Welcome to Chechnya, about LGBTQ+ activists risking their lives for the cause in Russia; Certified Fresh comedy Shiva, Baby; and Netflix’s The Old Guard, a rare movie about super beings that showed a same-sex relationship between two of its heroes.


When revising this list in further recent updates, we’ve also looked to include more stories from outside of the U.S., and we’re excited for people to discover films like Taboo (Gohatto), a gay love story set during the waning years of the samurai era; The Wound (Inxeba), centered around three men during a tribal initiation ceremony in Africa; and Australian film 52 Tuesdays, about the relationship between a daughter and her mother who is undergoing a gender transition.

To be considered for the list, a movie had to prominently feature gay, lesbian, trans, or queer characters; concern itself centrally with LGBTQ+ themes; present its LGBTQ+ characters in a fair and realistic light; and/or be seen as a touchpoint in the evolution of queer cinema. And it had to be Fresh. The final list was culled from a longlist of hundreds, after which the films were ranked according to our ranking formula which acts as a kind of inflation adjustment, taking into consideration the Tomatometer score, as well as the number of reviews a film received relative to the average number of reviews for films released that same year. We did not include miniseries, leaving out seminal works like Angels in America, nor movies made for TV. (Movies released on streaming services, such as new addition Mucho Mucho Amor, were included.) And we recognize that some of the films in the list will re-ignite healthy debates that have been fixtures of discussion around LGBTQ+ films — straight actors playing gay characters, cis actors playing trans characters, and the historical dominance of white male perspectives. We’d encourage those debates to continue, respectfully, in the comments section below. (And speaking of comments: yes, we know that But I’m a Cheerleader is missing — we love it too! — but it’s Rotten.)

For now, join us as we celebrate the work of hundreds of filmmakers whose talents and risks have opened up the possibilities of cinema.


  Best LGBTQ+ Movies
  200-151 | 150-101 | 100-51 | 50-1

                THE PROM (2020)
Critics Consensus: Through fiery songs and dance breaks, The Prom's bonanza of glitz, glitter, and jazz hands might be enough to whisk audiences away.
Synopsis: Down-on-their-luck Broadway stars shake up a small Indiana town as they rally behind a teen who wants to go to... [More]
Starring: Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Keegan-Michael Key


          SET IT OFF (1996)

 Consensus: It may not boast an original plot, but Set It Off is a satisfying, socially conscious heist film thanks largely to fine performances from its leads.
Synopsis: After being fired from her job as a bank teller, Frankie (Vivica A. Fox) begins working at a janitorial service... [More]
Starring: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Blair Underwood


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Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 18, 2023 at 11:09 AM

    Thanks for sharing they seem great to watch

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  2. AnonymousMarch 18, 2023 at 11:16 AM

    Need to look for this kind of movies they are the best 🔥

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  3. AdvocateMarch 23, 2023 at 4:18 AM

    Thank you for sharing 😊

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  4. MbaliMarch 23, 2023 at 6:37 AM

    Good work ❤️

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